On 16/1/06 8:58 PM, "Chuck Pelto" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > How can I capture the information in the manual to a text > document? Simply? Put this in your Script menu: set theResult to (display dialog "Command to man:" default answer "") do shell script ("man -t " & (text returned of theResult) ¬ & " | open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app") -- Shane Stanley <[log in to unmask]>